UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 DEC 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 21 DEC 25 Station: PAFA WMO ident: 70261 Latitude: 64.82 Longitude: -147.87 Elevation: 138.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1015 138 -33.9 -37.2 72 3.3 -34.0 20 1 238.2 238.3 238.1 238.6 0.15 1 1009 181 -29.7 -33.8 67 4.1 -29.9 34 3 242.8 242.9 242.6 243.4 0.22 2 1002 231 -30.1 -33.7 71 3.6 -30.3 50 5 242.9 242.9 242.7 243.5 0.22 3 1000 246 -29.9 -33.3 72 3.4 -30.1 55 6 243.2 243.3 243.1 243.9 0.23 4 985 354 -29.1 -31.6 79 2.5 -29.3 68 6 245.1 245.1 244.9 245.9 0.28 5 977 412 -29.5 -32.4 76 2.9 -29.7 59 6 245.3 245.3 245.0 246.0 0.26 6 966 493 -29.5 -31.9 80 2.4 -29.7 47 6 246.1 246.1 245.7 246.8 0.27 7 957 560 -28.3 -30.5 81 2.2 -28.5 37 6 247.9 248.0 247.6 248.8 0.32 8 951 605 -25.9 -27.6 86 1.7 -26.1 30 6 250.8 250.9 250.3 252.0 0.42 9 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Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 4924.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.43 % Est. max temperature: -10.13 C = 13.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.17 mb = 543.32 m = 1782.52 ft T: -28.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.18 C/km ThetaE index: 0.20 C Layer 795.0- 781.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1009.00 mb = 180.82 m = 593.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.34 g/kg Conv temperature: -28.81 C = -19.85 F Cap Strength: 26.24 C Lifted Index: 27.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 44.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 16.43 C Showalter Index: 15.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.20 C Cross Totals Index: 14.40 C K Index: -14.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 38.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 75.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92286.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 26.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.66 mb = 858.05 m = 2815.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 50 at 15 knt ---------------------------------------------------------- TRUE/GROUND REL | STORM REL LEV P H DIR SPD U V | DIR SPD U V mb m knt m/s | knt m/s ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 1015 138 20 1 -0.3 -0.9 | 232 14 11.2 8.8 1 1000 246 55 6 -4.9 -3.4 | 226 9 6.6 6.3 2 992 305 75 6 -5.8 -1.6 | 215 10 5.7 8.2 3 951 610 30 6 -3.0 -5.2 | 242 10 8.5 4.5 4 925 807 85 2 -2.0 -0.2 | 225 13 9.5 9.6 5 912 914 90 3 -3.0 0.0 | 221 13 8.5 9.7 6 875 1219 30 5 -2.5 -4.3 | 239 11 9.0 5.4 7 850 1432 20 5 -1.7 -4.7 | 243 11 9.8 5.0 8 804 1829 30 15 -7.5 -13.0 | 309 5 4.0 -3.3 9 771 2134 20 15 -5.1 -14.1 | 304 8 6.4 -4.4 10 739 2438 25 25 -10.6 -22.7 | 356 13 1.0 -12.9 11 708 2743 25 17 -7.2 -15.4 | 323 7 4.3 -5.7 12 700 2827 20 15 -5.1 -14.1 | 304 8 6.4 -4.4 13 678 3048 20 12 -4.1 -11.3 | 282 8 7.4 -1.5 14 649 3353 40 24 -15.4 -18.4 | 24 9 -3.9 -8.7 15 621 3658 30 24 -12.0 -20.8 | 2 11 -0.5 -11.1 16 569 4267 10 28 -4.9 -27.6 | 340 19 6.7 -17.8 17 522 4877 15 32 -8.3 -30.9 | 351 21 3.2 -21.2 18 500 5170 10 28 -4.9 -27.6 | 340 19 6.7 -17.8 19 436 6096 15 38 -9.8 -36.7 | 356 27 1.7 -27.0 20 400 6670 15 37 -9.6 -35.7 | 356 26 1.9 -26.0 21 380 7010 360 39 -0.0 -39.0 | 339 31 11.5 -29.3 22 346 7620 10 37 -6.4 -36.4 | 349 27 5.1 -26.7 23 344 7659 5 42 -3.7 -41.8 | 346 33 7.9 -32.1 24 300 8550 5 45 -3.9 -44.8 | 348 36 7.6 -35.1 25 287 8839 10 45 -7.8 -44.3 | 354 35 3.7 -34.6 26 274 9144 5 49 -4.3 -48.8 | 349 40 7.3 -39.1 27 250 9740 360 49 -0.0 -49.0 | 344 41 11.5 -39.3 28 249 9754 355 46 4.0 -45.8 | 337 39 15.5 -36.1 29 207 10973 355 56 4.9 -55.8 | 340 49 16.4 -46.1 30 200 11200 360 44 -0.0 -44.0 | 341 36 11.5 -34.3 31 189 11582 360 34 -0.0 -34.0 | 335 27 11.5 -24.3 32 150 13070 345 38 9.8 -36.7 | 322 34 21.4 -27.0 33 107 15240 330 51 25.5 -44.2 | 313 51 37.0 -34.4 34 100 15700 325 50 28.7 -41.0 | 308 51 40.2 -31.2 35 98 15850 325 51 29.3 -41.8 | 308 52 40.8 -32.0 36 81 17069 320 46 29.6 -35.2 | 302 48 41.1 -25.5 37 70 17983 315 68 48.1 -48.1 | 303 71 59.6 -38.4 38 70 18020 320 63 40.5 -48.3 | 307 65 52.0 -38.5 39 67 18288 320 63 40.5 -48.3 | 307 65 52.0 -38.5 40 58 19202 320 43 27.6 -32.9 | 301 46 39.2 -23.2 41 53 19812 330 42 21.0 -36.4 | 309 42 32.5 -26.6 42 51 20117 310 39 29.9 -25.1 | 290 44 41.4 -15.3 43 50 20190 305 47 38.5 -27.0 | 289 53 50.0 -17.2 44 48 20422 300 41 35.5 -20.5 | 283 48 47.0 -10.8 45 42 21336 315 59 41.7 -41.7 | 301 62 53.2 -32.0 46 40 21641 320 58 37.3 -44.4 | 305 60 48.8 -34.7 47 31 23165 315 76 53.7 -53.7 | 304 79 65.3 -44.0 48 30 23430 315 69 48.8 -48.8 | 303 72 60.3 -39.1 49 30 23470 325 68 39.0 -55.7 | 312 68 50.5 -46.0 50 26 24384 320 66 42.4 -50.6 | 307 68 53.9 -40.8 51 23 25298 315 51 36.1 -36.1 | 299 54 47.6 -26.3 52 22 25603 310 63 48.3 -40.5 | 297 67 59.8 -30.8 53 20 26080 315 67 47.4 -47.4 | 303 70 58.9 -37.6 54 16 27432 310 71 54.4 -45.6 | 299 75 65.9 -35.9 55 13 28956 305 76 62.3 -43.6 | 295 81 73.8 -33.9 56 12 29261 310 78 59.8 -50.1 | 300 82 71.3 -40.4 57 12 29566 320 73 46.9 -55.9 | 308 74 58.4 -46.2 58 10 30580 320 84 54.0 -64.3 | 310 85 65.5 -54.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 19.8 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 49.8 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.0 neg: -39.9 tot: 22.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.27 Bulk Shear: 33.10 m/s Storm Parameters ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Depth Mean Inflow| Shear | Helicity | Vorticity AGL Dir Spd Dir Spd| Pos Neg Tot| Pos Neg Tot Ave Rel | Hor Strm m knt knt| 10^-3/s | m^2/s^2 m/s^2 | 10^-3/s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 53 5 228 10| 4.6 0.0 4.6| 7.5 -6.8 0.7 1.5 0.05| 10.7 0.5 1000 56 4 227 11| 1.8 0.0 1.8| 13.4 -15.6 -2.2 -2.2 -0.02| 9.5 -0.2 1500 43 5 233 10| 1.2 2.1 3.4| 27.8 -15.6 12.2 8.1 0.20| 8.9 1.8 2000 34 7 243 8| 0.9 2.9 3.8| 34.7 -16.2 18.5 9.2 0.28| 8.6 2.4 2500 30 10 261 7| 1.7 2.3 4.1| 55.8 -25.0 30.9 12.3 0.30| 10.0 3.0 3000 28 11 269 6| 0.8 1.9 2.8| 62.0 -39.9 22.2 7.4 0.18| 10.4 1.8 4000 28 14 300 6| 1.7 2.2 3.9| 77.3 -65.9 11.5 2.9 0.14| 10.5 1.5 5000 23 17 323 8| 1.3 2.0 3.3| 96.4 -89.1 7.3 1.5 0.12| 9.4 1.1 6000 20 20 333 10| 1.9 1.6 3.6|134.3 -89.1 45.2 7.5 0.16| 8.7 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251221.00.gif